Whanganui 12 August 1850 My dear Susan After returning from my river excursion I was delighted at having a letter from Papa and you, especially as Mrs Kelham deprived me of one by the previous mail. The morning after I returned from Rangitikei from which place I wrote you two letters although you only acknowledged one, I started up the river in a fine large canoe with a crew of 16 men besides Mr Park and some chiefs. Two days and a half brought us to Pukehika where there was a large feast with 1500 natives assembled. Our share amounted to a ton of kumeras besides pigs, potatoes, birds preserved in their own fat, and a variety of other produce, so that independent of our own ample supplies we could not starve